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To: John Hasty <jhasty@mhc-law.com>
Subject: Re: [Fot] Fw: Best spectator vintage event
From: Jack Wheeler via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 13:44:32 +0000 (UTC)
Cc: FOT List Triumph <fot@autox.team.net>
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And Denny Wilson was no slouch!=C2=A0 I raced my TR-4 in the Midwest Divisi=
on, when Denny was racing his TR-6.=C2=A0 Fortunately, we were in different=
 classes.=C2=A0 One of the highlights of his career was chasing Doc Bundy i=
n the factory Porsche at The Runoffs in the rain.=C2=A0 The TR-6 would go t=
hrough the corners going sideways in the rain, trying to catch Bundy.=C2=A0=
 Finally, on the last lap, the TR-6 motor went up in a huge cloud of smoke =
going up the hill at turn 1 at Atlanta.=C2=A0 He was right on Bundy's tail =
at the moment.=C2=A0 Some great racing.
Jack
      From: John Hasty via Fot <fot@autox.team.net>
 To: davehogye <dlhogye@comcast.net>=20
Cc: Friends of Triumph <fot@autox.team.net>=20
 Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2015 7:58 PM
 Subject: Re: [Fot] Fw: Best spectator vintage event
  =20
Yes! I especially like the one of you beating Denny Wilson's hot Lotus 7!

Sent from my iPhone

fot@autox.team.net>> wrote:

Hello Dick,
Thanks for sharing this story with photos.=C2=A0 Wonderful!
I enjoy watching your YouTube videos of you driving the heck out of your TR=
4.=C2=A0 Obviously you still have the skills of a champion.

Dave H.



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Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2015 4:02:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Fw: Best spectator vintage event

Thanks, Jack. Hope to see you at Summit.

The Ferrari TRC=C2=A0 (2.0L Testarossa) was owned by George Siomko. He boug=
ht it for dirt cheap off a fellow named Genetti - I think it ran Sebring in=
 '56 or '57. Ray Heppenstall and I went to Connecticut to pick it up for Ge=
orge and it sat in the loft of my shop. George would practice the car and R=
ay and I would split the racing duties. We didn't do anything to the car ot=
her than wash it and ran it 4-6x a year. It was pretty fast for what it was=
, not the fastest car, but it was an old race car by then.=C2=A0 When I was=
 moving to my new shop in '65, George wanted to sell me the car for $600, b=
ut I didn't have any money for it at the time. He sold it to a fellow named=
 Hap Smallback and he did hillclimbs with it.

Here is a picture of it at Marlboro: https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hpho=
tos-xfa1/l/t31.0-8/858493_472776049437033_1033863366_o.jpg

Bob Tullius and I entered the Glen 500 in '65 in my car and we took the vic=
tory in the class and 7th overall. I have the trophy somewhere.

The Cobra was an original '260 car (CSX2009) with worm gear steering. It wa=
s upgraded to a 289 car by the time I got it from Gene Fisher. I did pretty=
 well with it and did a lot of development work on it. We found 30bhp by re=
designing the exhaust and replacing the side pipes. I had Air Flow Research=
 (AFR) do the heads and worked with Harvey Crane on a camshaft. It made abo=
ut 350bhp. The carburetor and intake were the real restriction. You could m=
easure the bump steer in inches and had to drive it sideways. I was '69 and=
 '70 NE BP Champion, set lap records, and finished 2nd at the ARRC in 1970 =
to Allen Barker's newer '69 Corvette. At the 1969 ARRC at Daytona, I blew m=
y main motor in practice and we used a Holman Moody motor which was down on=
 power. Started from the back and finished 7th. The car was wrecked at Watk=
ins Glen after I sold it in 1970, but was subsequently restored to FIA spec=
 and auctioned a few years ago.

Here is a picture of it then: https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphoto=
s-ak-frc3/v/t1.0-9/561553_473084832739488_1428024572_n.jpg?oh=3D003e71767b0=
482bbc0d1ecb12d7bb137&oe=3D55A5514F&__gda__=3D1438488763_aa815ffae3290645f9=
f89a0e53284b67

https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t31.0-8/856583_4727613927718=
32_151764043_o.jpg

https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/v/t1.0-9/534974_473084852739=
486_1853182748_n.jpg?oh=3Dc8dcdc7311701ec6af48f2d633102cf1&oe=3D559B4F83


and now:
http://www.russoandsteele.com/index.php/media-page/media-press-releases/124=
1-award-winning-1963-shelby-cobra-csx-2009-offered-at-russo-and-steele-scot=
tsdale-event

I know Janet from the IMSA Baby Grand / RS races as we both ran Toyota's.


Dick

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nt-size:16px"><div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_66293"><spa=
n id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_66744">And Denny Wilson was no slouch!&n=
bsp; I raced my TR-4 in the Midwest Division, when Denny was racing his TR-=
6.&nbsp; Fortunately, we were in different classes.&nbsp; One of the highli=
ghts of his career was chasing Doc Bundy in the factory Porsche at The Runo=
ffs in the rain.&nbsp; The TR-6 would go through the corners going sideways=
 in the rain, trying to catch Bundy.&nbsp; Finally, on the last lap, the TR=
-6 motor went up in a huge cloud of smoke going up the hill at turn 1 at At=
lanta.&nbsp; He was right on Bundy's tail at the moment.&nbsp; Some great r=
acing.</span></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><span id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414=
233_66744"></span></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><span id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_142797541=
4233_66744">Jack</span></div><br>  <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_66=
320" style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial,=
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0_1_1427975414233_66750"><span id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1427975414233_66749" styl=
e=3D"font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> John Hasty via Fot &lt;fot@autox.t=
eam.net&gt;<br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> daveho=
gye &lt;dlhogye@comcast.net&gt; <br><b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">C=
c:</span></b> Friends of Triumph &lt;fot@autox.team.net&gt; <br> <b><span s=
tyle=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, April 2, 2015 7:58 P=
M<br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Fot] F=
w: Best spectator vintage event<br> </font> </div> <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_=
1427975414233_66321" class=3D"y_msg_container"><br>Yes! I especially like t=
he one of you beating Denny Wilson's hot Lotus 7!<br clear=3D"none"><br cle=
ar=3D"none">Sent from my iPhone<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">On Apr=
 2, 2015, at 7:43 PM, "davehogye via Fot" &lt;<a id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1427975=
414233_66322" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"; href=3D"=
mailto:fot@autox.team.net";>fot@autox.team.net</a>&lt;mailto:<a shape=3D"rec=
t" ymailto=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"; href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"=
>fot@autox.team.net</a>&gt;&gt; wrote:<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none"=
>Hello Dick,<br clear=3D"none">Thanks for sharing this story with photos.&n=
bsp; Wonderful!<br clear=3D"none">I enjoy watching your YouTube videos of y=
ou driving the heck out of your TR4.&nbsp; Obviously you still have the ski=
lls of a champion.<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">Dave H.<br clear=3D=
"none"><br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">___________=
_____________________<br clear=3D"none">From: "Dick Stockton via Fot" &lt;<=
a shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"; href=3D"mailto:fot@a=
utox.team.net">fot@autox.team.net</a>&lt;mailto:<a shape=3D"rect" ymailto=
=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"; href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net";>fot@autox=
.team.net</a>&gt;&gt;<br clear=3D"none">To: <a shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"ma=
ilto:fot@autox.team.net" href=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net";>fot@autox.team.=
net</a>&lt;mailto:<a shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net"; h=
ref=3D"mailto:fot@autox.team.net";>fot@autox.team.net</a>&gt;<br clear=3D"no=
ne">Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2015 4:02:26 PM<br clear=3D"none">Subject: Re:=
 [Fot] Fw: Best spectator vintage event<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none=
">Thanks, Jack. Hope to see you at Summit.<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"n=
one">The Ferrari TRC&nbsp; (2.0L Testarossa) was owned by George Siomko. He=
 bought it for dirt cheap off a fellow named Genetti - I think it ran Sebri=
ng in '56 or '57. Ray Heppenstall and I went to Connecticut to pick it up f=
or George and it sat in the loft of my shop. George would practice the car =
and Ray and I would split the racing duties. We didn't do anything to the c=
ar other than wash it and ran it 4-6x a year. It was pretty fast for what i=
t was, not the fastest car, but it was an old race car by then.&nbsp; When =
I was moving to my new shop in '65, George wanted to sell me the car for $6=
00, but I didn't have any money for it at the time. He sold it to a fellow =
named Hap Smallback and he did hillclimbs with it.<br clear=3D"none"><br cl=
ear=3D"none">Here is a picture of it at Marlboro: <a shape=3D"rect" href=3D=
"https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/l/t31.0-8/858493_4727760494=
37033_1033863366_o.jpg" target=3D"_blank">https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net=
/hphotos-xfa1/l/t31.0-8/858493_472776049437033_1033863366_o.jpg</a><br clea=
r=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">Bob Tullius and I entered the Glen 500 in '65=
 in my car and we took the victory in the class and 7th overall. I have the=
 trophy somewhere.<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">The Cobra was an or=
iginal '260 car (CSX2009) with worm gear steering. It was upgraded to a 289=
 car by the time I got it from Gene Fisher. I did pretty well with it and d=
id a lot of development work on it. We found 30bhp by redesigning the exhau=
st and replacing the side pipes. I had Air Flow Research (AFR) do the heads=
 and worked with Harvey Crane on a camshaft. It made about 350bhp. The carb=
uretor and intake were the real restriction. You could measure the bump ste=
er in inches and had to drive it sideways. I was '69 and '70 NE BP Champion=
, set lap records, and finished 2nd at the ARRC in 1970 to Allen Barker's n=
ewer '69 Corvette. At the 1969 ARRC at Daytona, I blew my main motor in pra=
ctice and we used a Holman Moody motor which was down on power. Started fro=
m the back and finished 7th. The car was wrecked at Watkins Glen after I so=
ld it in 1970, but was subsequently restored to FIA spec and auctioned a fe=
w years ago.<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none">Here is a picture of it t=
hen: <a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphot=
os-ak-frc3/v/t1.0-9/561553_473084832739488_1428024572_n.jpg?oh=3D003e71767b=
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1.0-9/534974_473084852739486_1853182748_n.jpg?oh=3Dc8dcdc7311701ec6af48f2d6=
33102cf1&amp;oe=3D559B4F83</a><br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none"><br cle=
ar=3D"none">and now:<br clear=3D"none"><a shape=3D"rect" href=3D"http://www=
.russoandsteele.com/index.php/media-page/media-press-releases/1241-award-wi=
nning-1963-shelby-cobra-csx-2009-offered-at-russo-and-steele-scottsdale-eve=
nt" target=3D"_blank">http://www.russoandsteele.com/index.php/media-page/me=
dia-press-releases/1241-award-winning-1963-shelby-cobra-csx-2009-offered-at=
-russo-and-steele-scottsdale-event</a><br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none"=
>I know Janet from the IMSA Baby Grand / RS races as we both ran Toyota's.<=
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